Roland Baar

{{Short description|German rower (1965–2018)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Roland Baar

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1965|4|12}}

| birth_place = Osterholz-Scharmbeck, West Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|6|23|1965|4|12}}

| death_place = Velpke, Germany

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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{FRG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1989 Bled | M8+ }}

{{MedalGold | 1990 Tasmania | M8+ }}

{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1996 Atlanta | Eight }}

{{MedalBronze | 1992 Barcelona | Eight }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1991 Vienna | M8+ }}

{{MedalGold | 1993 Račice | M8+}}

{{MedalGold | 1995 Tampere | M8+ }}

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Roland Baar ({{IPA|de|ˈʁoːlant ˈbaːɐ̯}}; 12 April 1965{{cite web |title=Trauer um Roland Baar |url=http://www.hrc1880.de/aktuelles/neuigkeit1176.php |publisher=Hannoverscher Ruder-Club |access-date=26 June 2018}} – 23 June 2018){{cite web |title=Roland Baar, 53, Olympian, Ex IOC Member |url=http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__63863/Title__Roland-Baar-53-Olympian-Ex-IOC-Member/292/Articles |website=Around the Rings |access-date=26 June 2018}} was a German rower who competed for his nation at several Olympic Games.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roland-baar-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223216/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roland-baar-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}{{cite web |publisher=World Rowing |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/463/ |title=Roland BAAR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015948/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/463/ |archive-date=19 February 2019}} After retiring from the sport in 1996, he received the Thomas Keller Medal in 1998. He served on the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee between 1999 and 2004.

Baar was killed in a car crash in June 2018.